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  9. ›Oclemeninae
nodding-asters
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nodding-asters

Oclemena

Oclemena is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. All species in the genus are native to eastern North America. The species were originally included in the genus Aster so they are often referred to simply as asters. Since their flower heads are nodding in bud, they are sometimes called nodding-asters.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

whorled wood aster

speciesOclemena acuminata

bog aster

speciesOclemena nemoralis

Pinebarren Aster

speciesOclemena reticulata

Blake's Aster

hybridOclemena × blakei

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 120182.